https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8584790d6f380223bf881f3d00f6d10b326cd177
commit: 8584790d6f380223bf881f3d00f6d10b326cd177
branch: 3.12
author: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-isling...@users.noreply.github.com>
committer: terryjreedy <tjre...@udel.edu>
date: 2025-03-09T20:18:31Z
summary:
[3.12] gh-80421: Correct definitions of time (GH-130984) (#131023)
gh-80421: Correct definitions of time (GH-130984)
Based on the Wikipedia article, UTC is better said to be a successor than a
renaming of GTC and language agnostic rather than an English-French compromise.
(cherry picked from commit 98fa4a49fecbac3c990a25ce5d300592dad31be0)
Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <89152624+stanfromirel...@users.noreply.github.com>
files:
M Doc/library/time.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst
index ebc1ef1abac23b..cdafe235817e1a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/time.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/time.rst
@@ -52,9 +52,13 @@ An explanation of some terminology and conventions is in
order.
single: Coordinated Universal Time
single: Greenwich Mean Time
-* UTC is Coordinated Universal Time (formerly known as Greenwich Mean Time, or
- GMT). The acronym UTC is not a mistake but a compromise between English and
- French.
+* UTC is `Coordinated Universal Time`_ and superseded `Greenwich Mean Time`_ or
+ GMT as the basis of international timekeeping. The acronym UTC is not a
+ mistake but conforms to an earlier, language-agnostic naming scheme for time
+ standards such as UT0, UT1, and UT2.
+
+.. _Coordinated Universal Time:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordinated_Universal_Time
+.. _Greenwich Mean Time: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Mean_Time
.. index:: single: Daylight Saving Time
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